The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-04-22
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They now hailoed nshfully for hslp, ( and
those on shore, seeing how IL was, told them
to hold on. end that they might find the boat
aud take them off. ~ q i
We'll, have often told you had seen hard
times, now Want here aprsdieansuta On slogi
with two fugeus, and floating along at night
down tho Ohio. Well, sure enough. there I
was, and what did think Of? Why, of every
thing in this world, it rally made me feel right
knotty, and what 10 do didn't know.
we had now hOa,ed two or three hundred
yards, and was sitting, as told you before,
straddled on the small end, and Jest as silent
as deer listening for the dogs, thinking how
the affair would te: minate, when one of the
Iugens who was still standing upon tho log,
stepped of one Of the limbs to make room for
his companion. His stepping caused the log to
oarecu me into the water, aud forgetting where
I was, and what was about, 1 cried. stop
stop you'll turn me over 'Ohr said to
myself, 1T Is oil over now-clean gone this
time.'
'Iow the Ingens looked, l don't know, for
II was so dark couldn't sec their faoes but
they must have been worse ok kecrcd than was,
for knew who they were, but they didn't
know who was. They kept muttering some.
thing very fast, and thought they were going
to quit the log and streak it, but arler a few
minutes they became silent. and began peeping
towards where was, like couple of turkey,
looking for worms. And then one said, don't
you see somsthingr
Yes, answered the other, dark lump: bear
perhsps,' and then tho one who arst smoke
cried out. who's there?' did Mt answer. but
growsd small 50 fast, trying to squeeze myself
out Of sight, that my skin hung as loose rs if
it was big jacket. They kept pespiug at mo,
and heard one say, IL is ne bear. II is man,
look at his head, .r...-
"When heard him say 30, was SO mad
that 1 wished my head was under the log, but
than thought iii was, wouldn't be any
batter "a thau vas then, 50 1 Strengthened up,
tknoWsa they bad seen me. and j thought it
twSnt worth while to play 'possum any longer.
Wen, when Isiraightensd up he cried out sgin,
who's there! Il am here" eaid 1, speaking in
his own language. The moment l spoke he
hukhed and said to tho other, he is a pile
fsoe.'
4"How could he tell that, Earth, inquired
another Of the group, 'ysu say that it was
dark and fog was rising 20
"Wsll. the reason he knowed me so Quick
WAS, that he sssd l didn't speak the real Ingea.
Artsr hs had told the other that was q rale
face, hStdrned TO mo and said, what are you
doing thsrei" "Sitting down straddle the
small end said ]. When said this, they
burst out into laugh. myself was in no
laughing humor, and i. didn't seem to me like
laugh, but like achuckle, and one snid to the
other, he is pale face, lean dog, sleeping on
slog, We did catch him good and snying this,
!Hsg Pstthsir hands to their mouths and gare
ths war-whoop. tell you what it was on awful
sound. and then thcy' told their seppaniOns on
shere that q pale face was on the log with them,
and to get the boat and come quiJk Those on
shore answered them and ran la3gbiug down
the river looking for the boat, and keeping
along with the logs I NOW found that 1 must
g9ss TIE old work. and my bri'tles began to
'Coms here" SAID ono of 'em, beokonipp TO
me. Come quick, before the others come, 1
wsnt your hsir!a 10 e.. .F
"What did hc mean by that? said one, who
with the most fixed attention had been stand
b. pggly dsyosring oil th at, Earth had been
telling.
r-F.Hhy IN Ganssd to scalp me-" said EARTH
LRsu fhSn,hs called 10 me 10 lot him have nv
hair, couldn't stand it any longer, but throw
ing up my rifle, blazed away, he jumped up
Ike buck and fell splash in tho water. MY
rias made : mighty pretty noise, and heard
the report rolling away for miles up and down
the river. ...H Viz.
"As soon as fred the Ingens on the bank also
screamed the war-whoop, and the fellow on the
log cried out to 'em to bring his guu. jumped
up and crawlsd to him, he gathered up q limb
and stood his ground. The frst thing knew.
ed he come down on me all in heap, breaking
the old limb into dozen pieces over my head
and shoulders, It was good thing for me that
the limb want sound.
"His blow staggered. me but soon rose up,
aud seizing my ride with both hands brought
him aide wipe with the barrel. As 1 did, ho
clipped OF the log In the water. then hit him
another lick, and STOPPING quickly down seized
him by the head, as lie tried to crawl up on tho
log. was now upon the log and he in the
water, 90 had him at Q disadvantage.
"Wsn, kept bobbing his head under;
when FIRST did it, the bubbles came up just
like you we're fllins bottle with wafer, you
know aftsr bsttls Is full IL won bubble, we'll
kept bobbing his head under until he would
not bubble, SO concluded he was full of water,
and then let him 60. he went to the bottom
aud never seed him any more.
"All was now quiet, for both Iugens had
sunk, and was now master of the log. But I